NEWS for colorSpec
package
Changes for version 1.8-0
[2025-06-08]
- added function 
referenceSpectraTM30() 
Changes for version 1.7-0
[2025-02-11]
- rewrote functions 
probeOptimalColors(),
sectionOptimalColors(), and computeADL() to
use package zonohedra, which is a new Import 
- rewrote functions 
plotOptimals3D() and
plotOptimals2D() to use package zonohedra 
- added new functions 
sectionSchrodingerColors(),
insideSchrodingerColors(), and
insideOptimalColors() 
- added new function 
computeTM30() for creating ANSI/IES
TM-30 reports 
Changes for version 1.6-0
[2025-01-15]
- added function 
computeCRIdata() and improved the
capability of computeCRI() 
- all logging done with package logger, which is
imported
 
- improved the wording of some logged messages
 
Changes for version 1.5-0
[2024-01-28]
- moved initialization of 
colorSpec options from
.onAttach() to .onLoad(), so
colorSpec can be used without attaching it; thanks to Pedro
Aphalo 
- fixed some internal warnings about
partial argument match; thanks to Pedro Aphalo 
- fixed 
dimnames() problem in
test-organization.R 
- removed 
exportClasses directive 
Changes for version 1.4-0
[2022-05-04]
- in function 
calibrate() added new option for
response that is compliant with ASTM and CIE 
- modified relevant vignettes to use the new calibration option
 
- in the man pages, changed mentions of vignettes to hyperlinks
 
- inactivated some (possibly) invalid URLs
 
- in User Guide vignette, fixed embedded table problem by replacing
cat() with knitr::raw_html() 
- increased width of User Guide vignette to match the width of
embedded tables
 
- moved packages MASS and spacesXYZ
from Imports to Suggests
 
Changes for version 1.3-0
[2021-12-20]
- when reading .sp files, use value of 
MEAS_TYPE to
assign the colorSpec quantity 
- when reading .sp files, divide spectral values by
SPECTRAL_NORM 
- fix undefined color problem in some vignettes, caused by change in
TeX package xcolor
 
Changes for version 1.2-1
[2020-04-01]
- in function 
invert() added new
method='TLSS', and updated the vignette Estimating
a Spectrum from its Response - Inverse Colorimetry 
- in function 
plot() added new argument
type, with custom option type='step', and
updated the vignette Convexity and Transitions 
- added a README file
 
Changes for version 1.1-1
[2019-12-07]
- added fix to 
rotateOrganization() in file
test-organization.R; for upcoming change to
class(a matrix) in R v 4.0, and when environment variable
R_CLASS_MATRIX_ARRAY is set to non-empty 
Changes for version 1.0-1
[2019-06-24]
- added new vignette Convexity and Transitions - a strict
examination of the CIE inverted-U
 
- added new functions 
bandMaterial() and
bandRepresentation() 
- added new function 
canonicalOptimalColors() 
- added new function 
responsivityMetrics() 
- more efficient computation of zonohedra
 
- now Suggests package 
quadprog 
Changes for version 0.9-1
[2019-05-31]
- restored missing .R files in folder /inst/doc
 
- fixed NOTE: “found 1 marked UTF-8 string”
 
- in 
computeCCT() suppress warning when spectrum is all
0s 
Changes for version 0.8-2
[2019-03-03]
- moved most CCT-related functions to package 
spacesXYZ,
which is now imported 
- in 
probeOptimalColors(), changed to zonohedral
representation of the color solid. 
- added function 
sectionOptimalColors() 
- changed argument list for 
plotOptimals3D() 
- added function 
plotOptimals2D() 
- in 
planckSpectra() changed constant c2
unit from nmK to mK to agree with the rest of the
literature 
- moved RGB-related functions to package 
spacesRGB, which
is now Suggested 
- package 
minpack.lm is no longer needed, or
Imported 
- added function 
computeSSI(), requested by Alex
Forsythe 
- add new theoretical camera 
ACES.RGB = ACES Reference
Input Capture Device, from S-2008-001 Academy Color Encoding
Specification. 
- added 2 bonus spectra from EBU TECH 3355 - Method for the Assessment
of the Colorimetric Properties of Luminaires
 
- add more keys to recognize CGATS files
 
- fixed documentation error regarding
readSpectraCGATS() 
- bug fix in 
plot(). Spectra with NA values are now
skipped. 
- in all calls to 
sprintf(), changed %d to
%g, unless obviously integral. Bug found by Dean
Attali. 
Changes for version 0.7-5
[2018-11-19]
- add new function 
invert() plus new vignette
Estimating a Spectrum from its Response - Inverse
Colorimetry 
- add new function 
rectangularMaterial() 
- in 
computeCCT() etc., add new method
'mccamy' 
- now Suggests package 
rootSolve 
Changes for version 0.7-3
[2018-04-01]
- add new function 
actinometric() 
- add new function 
as.data.frame() 
- add new function 
atmosTransmittance() 
- add new function 
CCTfromuv() 
- add new functions 
is.actinometric() and
is.radiometric() 
- add new function 
ptransform(), and use it to compute
BT.709.RGB and Adobe.RGB 
- add new function 
emulate() 
- add new function 
as.colorSpec() 
- add new vignette Emulation of one Camera by another
Camera
 
- add new vignette Photon Counting
 
- add built-in object 
luminsivity.1nm 
- add new spectra files 
moths.txt and
sunglasses.txt 
- add new spectra files 
Philips-HPS.txt,
solar-exposure.txt, P4-phosphor-JEDEC.txt, and
Cree-LED.txt 
- add “featured functions” to all vignettes
 
- spectral quantity 
power is deprecated, and replaced by
energy. power still works, but will eventually
be removed. 
- in 
colorSpec(), add argument
specnames 
- in 
resample(), add arguments extrapolation
and clamp 
- in 
photometric() add arguments photopic,
scotopic, and multiplier 
- in 
cs.options(), partial matching of the option name is
enabled 
- in 
radiometric(), add arguments multiplier
and warn 
- in 
metadata()<- add argument add 
- in 
extradata()<- add argument add, and
allow value to be NULL 
- in 
product(), add argument integration,
and added an ambiguity warning 
- in 
summary(), the displayed Integral now works for
irregular wavelengths 
- in 
summary(), print attribute ptransform
if present 
- in 
plotPatchesRGB(), allow background to
be linear RGB, fixed bug for shape 
- in 
planckSpectra(), added new argument
c2 
- in 
computeCCT() and CCTfromXYZ() and
CCTfromuv(), added new arguments method,
strict, and c2 
- in 
computeCRI(), CCT is now computed with
method='lm' 
- in 
calibrate(), fix special case when there is only 1
spectrum 
- in 
plot(), fixed warning when ylab is an
expression 
- in 
bind(), fixed bug when binding the
extradata 
- colorSpec options are now stored in the global
option list, and start with 
'colorSpec.' 
- in vignette Phenol Red - pH Indicator, now display
RGB matrix explicity, both before and after scaling
 
- additions and improvements to colorSpec User Guide
 
- now Imports package 
minpack.lm 
Changes for version 0.6-2
[2017-12-03]
- bug fix: 
print.colorSpec() and
summary.colorSpec() were sending output to
stderr(), instead of stdout() 
- improved reading of CGATS files with standard whitespace
convention
 
- in all sample CGATS files, changed spaces in field names to
underscores
 
Changes for version 0.6-1
[2017-11-16]
- renamed proofs.Rmd to proofs.txt -
to avoid “Files named as vignettes but with no recognized vignette
engine:”
 
Changes for version 0.6
[2017-11-16]
- updated colorSpec-guide.odt to
colorSpec-guide.Rmd (rmarkdown v 2)
 
- for physical models in colorSpec-guide.Rmd,
replaced \(L^2\) by \(L^\infty\) and \(L^1\), and added proofs
 
- added 4 new files with reflectance spectra
 
- added new function 
interpolate() 
- added new vignette - an investigation of phenol red
 
- in 
plot.colorSpec(), compute automatic margin line for
ylab, depending on the width of y-axis labels 
- in 
bind.colorSpec(), add check for distinct
specnames() 
- bug fix to 
"extradata<-.colorSpec";
specnames() was not being preserved 
- in logging mechanism, changed output from 
stdout() to
stderr(), for better compatibility with RStudio 
- export function 
readCGATS(), for easy access to
non-spectral data in CGATS files 
Changes for version 0.5-3
[2016-05-16]
- Fixed filename case problem on non-Windows platforms and
resubmitted
 
Changes for version 0.5-2
[2016-05-15]
- Fixed 2 NOTEs and resubmitted
 
Version: 0.5-1
[2016-05-14, the first submission]